30 Saturday Nov 2024
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one of my previous Advent Calendars, which my daughter gave me, is a lovely set of 24 hand painted cards with interesting quotes…
although it isn’t Advent yet, I have been choosing one each day to contemplate;-)…
it is fun to spend some time each day thinking of the quote…
29 Friday Nov 2024
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28 Thursday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, bruschetta, Christmas, donate, dove, food, friends, heart, holly, lumch, moments, ornaments, porcelain, Shelmerdine, special, widow
visited Shelmerdine to pick up their special ornament for this year…
in previous years I had got a beautiful porcelain dove and one year I got the beautiful heart for some of my friends;-)…
the one for this year is holly leaves and berries in silver metal…
a friend had picked me up to go and afterwards we went out for lunch… I had bruschetta and it was very tasty…
then it was home for a nap, lol…
such a lovely treat…
27 Wednesday Nov 2024
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, family, handmade, holidays, lights, memories, moments, remembering, stairway, string, trees, widow
the trees made their way up the stairs…
a string of lights went up first and then each tree was removed from the box…
once they were all out, I had a fun time deciding where each one would go and then adding the smaller ones to every step…
I am always happy to add the various wooden ones that my beloved made;-)…
there are a couple left that will find their way into other rooms to bring holiday cheer;-)…
26 Tuesday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, mandevilla, memories, moments, ornaments, tree, widow
have been busy working on decorating the house…
so far, the tree is up and has lights and ornaments on it…
once I decided on the tree, I chose some of my favourite silver and white ornaments as well as a few special ones…
I set it on a small table and put two pieces of fabric around it…
as I put the ornaments on I remembered when I first got them…
once the tree was done I added silver balls to the mandevilla…
came out very nice…
then I popped the orchids into the sleigh on the dining room table, added glass balls to the window, trees and stars to the plant section and stockings to the credenza…
got all of that done between Sunday and Monday afternoon so it looked sort of organized when my friends arrived, lol…
next up will be the trees going up the stairway;-)…
25 Monday Nov 2024
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only took seven minutes to shovel the front sidewalk and a path to the driveway…
didn’t need to shovel to the neighbours as Canada Post isn’t coming right now…
a nice start to the season, the snow was light and fluffy and there wasn’t too much of it ;-)…
24 Sunday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, F1, freedom, Las Vegas, late night, moments, race, time, widow
last night I stayed up late to watch the F1 Las Vegas race…
I was thinking how lucky I am to have the freedom to do that… there was nothing special on today… and basically, every day is Saturday for me;-)…
it was a great race and I enjoyed it…
even slept in a bit this morning, lol…
23 Saturday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, dad, fair, family, generous, home, kind, memories, missing, moments, photos, quiet, remembering, soft-spoken, widow
November 18 was my dad’s birthday and I’ve been thinking of him a lot lately…
he was kind, generous with what he had, and always thinking of others…
he looked after my brother and I for many years while my mom was in hospital and he took care of her when she was home…
he was soft-spoken and I don’t think I ever heard him shout or speak in a loud voice to anyone, but if he gave you the look (which didn’t happen too often), you knew to pay attention…
he was also the one who taught me that everyone deserved fairness, a second chance, and appreciation for a job well done…
he was very special;-)…
22 Friday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, black, blessed, construction, entertained, fence, moments, truck, weather, widow
have been entertained over the last few days as a fence was being constructed across the street…
it took a while to figure out which house it belongs to…
the crew of two arrived before nine yesterday and worked until about four… they took many breaks to sit in their truck and warm up, lol… it was chilly…
they had an interesting machine which pounded the metal poles into the ground… there were two heights… then they built the frames and covered the tall section with black strips… at that point I realized the fence belonged to the house directly across from me, the fence on the other side of their property is also black…
after they cleaned everything up they ended their day, and I assumed the job, lol…
I thought it was interesting that the front section was just chain link, but maybe it would let the snow blow through…
then, this morning the truck was back and they added the black strips to the short section of the fence…
now I think it is really done, lol…
21 Thursday Nov 2024
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Advent, big girl pants, blessed, calendar, family, food, friends, moments, shortbread, Technology, treat, Walker’s, widow, yummy
I was surprised when the doorbell rang as I wasn’t expecting anything, but after the recent surprise of my daughter at the door, I hurried to see who or what was there…
it was a parcel with my name on it;-)…
opened it to discover a Walker’s Shortbread Advent Calendar, woohoo…
the kids in Ottawa had sent it and I was very excited to receive it…
I’d never seen an advent calendar by them before and just recently my friends and I had been discussing how much we all liked their shortbread cookies…
I can hardly wait for December 1st when I can open the first flap on the calendar;-)…
what a delightful treat…
I was thinking about what a world we live in where you can see something, buy it online, and have it sent directly to someone in another city;-)…
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